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WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (via AP)

Delta the 'most transmissible' of variants identified so far,...

Delta, now reported in 85 countries globally, continues to be reported in new countries across all WHO Regions

26 Jun 2021 11:45 AM IST

Of all 2.24 lakh people who have been vaccinated, 447 developed minor complications. Only three persons who were hospitalised have now been discharged. (Photo:PTI)

Daily Covid-19 cases slip to 1.28 lakh, fatalites also drop

ICMR director general Dr Balram Bhargaw, warned states and UTs from rushing to open up restrictions saying unlocking has...

2 Jun 2021 10:43 AM IST

A woman is tended by a nurse at a COVID-19 unit of the Honorio Delgado Hospital in Arequipa, Peru, on June 24, 2021. Due to increased cases of COVID-19 and the Delta variant of the disease, the city has been closed under a strict lockdown for 15 days beginning June 21. (AP/Guadalupe Pardo)

Delta variant is dangerous and is continuing to evolve and mutate: WHO...

Delta variant is expected to rapidly outcompete other variants and become the dominant variant over the coming months

3 July 2021 11:07 AM IST

Africa has reported many new outbreaks of the variant as Tunisia, Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria and Malawi are among the 11 countries targeted by Delta. (Representational image: PTI)

COVID-19 Delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO

Hospitalization rate for patients infected with the Delta variant was 85 per cent higher than for those infected with...

1 July 2021 9:53 AM IST

COVAXIN is one of the three COVID-19 vaccines that are currently available in the country. (Photo: PTI)

WHO to decide on Bharat Biotech's Covaxin emergency usage in October

The duration of the emergency use listing process depends on the quality of the data which is submitted by the vaccine...

30 Sept 2021 1:22 PM IST

AA Edit | Time to clean up pharma

The $40 billion Indian pharmaceuticals industry is the world's third largest by volume and 14th largest in terms of...

8 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

The World Health Organization has again urged China to regularly share specific and real-time data on the COVID-19 situation in the country. (AFP file image)

WHO asks China to regularly share data on Covid-19 situation

The global health agency has asked Chinese health officials to share data on genetic sequencing, hospitalisations,...

31 Dec 2022 10:33 AM IST

World Health Organisation (WHO) European director Hans Kluge, speaks during a joint press conference (AFP file photo)

Europe could be headed for pandemic 'endgame': WHO

The WHO regional office for Africa also said last week that cases of Covid had plummeted in that region and deaths were...

24 Jan 2022 10:09 AM IST

People walk past a Covid-19 testing station on January 4, 2022, in New York. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Soaring Omicron could lead to more dangerous variants, WHO warns

Britain on Tuesday faced warnings of an impending hospital crisis due to staff shortages caused by a wave of Omicron...

5 Jan 2022 10:27 AM IST

A box containing vials of Bharat Biotech Ltd. Covaxin vaccine. (Photo: Bloomberg)

WHO suspends Covaxin supply to UN agencies

The suspension is in response to the outcomes of its post Emergency Use Authorisation inspection held between March...

3 April 2022 1:07 PM IST

The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended that two Indian cough syrups - Ambronol and DOK-1 Max - should not be used for children in Uzbekistan. (Representational image: PTI)

WHO recommends not using Indian cough syrups in Uzbekistan

Analysis by Uzbekistan's health ministry showed the syrups contained a toxic substance, ethylene glycol

12 Jan 2023 10:53 AM IST